Prepare for a visit from the ghosts of reimbursement past, present and future!
By
Steven Littlehale
Dec 20, 2019
“If I could work my will, every idiot who goes about with ‘Reimbursement Reform’ on their lips would be boiled in their own pudding and buried with a stake of holly through their heart!” Ebenezer...
Your CRM isn’t enough: How a digital admissions platform can help
By
Darren Mathis
Apr 09, 2018
A customer relationship management (CRM) system is an integral part of the sales process in a successful senior living community. While it has a number of capabilities essential to managing the resident...
Obama’s cuts draw hot provider rebuke
By
James M. Berklan
May 01, 2013
President Obama’s proposed budget is dead in the water as long-term care providers see it. They stand to lose $81 billion over 10 years if the measure is approved.
Do CCRCs generally look the same?
Jan 01, 2008
No. It is important to recognize that CCRCs have rather distinguishing differences in their basic structure and environment.
McClellan to head FDA-related foundation
By
Haymarket Media
Nov 27, 2007
The former head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will now chair a private research organization.
AMDA calls for public list of nursing home industry’s ‘underutilized’ and ‘invisible’ medical...
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 07, 2022
President Biden’s call for nursing home reform must extend to the industry’s clinical leadership as well, a top clinician advocate contends. A public directory would be a step toward transparency...
An Alzheimer’s cause found?
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 01, 2022
Researchers might have discovered why some people with protein plaques and tangles in their brains do not develop Alzheimer’s disease.
CA combines 280,000 LTC workers to form largest nationwide union
By
Holly Petrovich
Jul 02, 2015
Long-term care workers from 37 counties in California have combined into the largest local union in the country, the Service Employees International Union announced Tuesday.
Briefing to discuss new long-term care data, opportunities in health reform law
Feb 04, 2011
The future of long-term care under specific provisions in the healthcare reform law will be the focus of a policy briefing at 10 a.m. (Eastern) Monday at the Kaiser Family Foundation’s headquarters...
Government to send $250 checks to seniors in the Medicare Part D doughnut hole
Jun 01, 2010
Medicare beneficiaries who fall into the Part D prescription drug coverage gap soon will receive checks for $250 to help cover the costs of the drugs, according to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen...